LaMANCHE

Coordinator: International University College (Bulgaria)
Project Duration: 36 months, 2012-2015
Project Partners: Armenian State Agrarian University (Armenia), Gavar
State University (Armenia), State Engineering University of Armenia
(Polytechnic), Yerevan State University (Armenia), Belarus State
Economic University (Belarus), Belarusian Trade and Economics University
of Consumer Cooperatives (Belarus), P.O. Sukhoi State Technical
University of Gomel (Belarus), Vitebsk State Technological University
(Belarus), Caucasus University (Georgia), Gori Teaching University
(Georgia), International Black Sea University (Georgia), Ivane
Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (Georgia), Comrat State
University (Moldova), Moldova State University (Moldova), State Agrarian
University of Moldova (Moldova), Alecu Russo Balti State University
(Moldova), Cherkasy State Technological University (Ukraine), Volodymyr
Dahl East Ukrainian National University (Ukraine), National Technical
University Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute (Ukraine), Lviv Academy of
Commerce (Ukraine), Lutsk National Technical University (Ukraine), Lviv
Polytechnic National University (Ukraine), Odessa National Economic
University (Ukraine), University of Thessaly (Greece), AgroSup Dijon
(France), Instituto Politecnico De Bragança (Portugal), University
College Birmingham (UK),

Objectives
The project’s overall objective is to promote the modernization of PCs’
higher education (HE) by building governance and management capacities
at PC HEIs and initiating sustainable dialogue on HE reforms among
relevant interest groups.
Specific objectives are:

to map out existing leadership skills and governance models at PC HEIs in view of identifying training needs
to analyze locally developed good practices of dealing with modernization-related change at the institutional level
to transfer good governance and change management practices from EU HEIs to PC HEIs
to build the transformational leadership capacity of senior managers at PC HEIs
to promote transnational networking and joint problem solving among
experts, managers of PC HEIs and other key stakeholders in HE, as well
as to stimulate students grassroots leadership initiatives
to develop and uphold a context-sensitive strategy for managing modernization-related change in HE in the PCs.

Main Deliverables

Self-assessment and external analysis of leadership and management skills and models at PC HEIs
Study of HE modernization in PCs and its impact on HEIs
Capacity building activities including development of syllabuses and guidance materials in leadership and change
management
Identification of successful European models for leadership and change management
Training of trainers in leadership and in change management, followed by local multiplication trainings, both aimed at
managers and administrators from PC HEIs
Promoting transnational collaboration of EU and PC HEI leaders and other key stakeholders in HE - through a virtual
think tank and other activities
National conferences on modernization-related change in PCs
Development of a Strategy for Managing Change in HE in PCs
Capacity building for young leaders and women in leadership